The remains of 30-year-old Erica McDaniel were found inside the suitcase in a building that burned down on Hull Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section in May of 2012. The gruesome discovery was made when the property was sold in March of 2013, when the new owner found skeletal remains inside the charred suitcase as renovations were beginning.
McDaniel's last-known address is on Bedford Avenue, but she also lived in Kansas in the past.
Edsson Benedith remembers when the body was found next door to his home.
"This house had a lot of history, a lot of stuff happened in this house," Benedith said. "A lot of bad stuff."
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).